Colombia

A Colombian man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for his role in an organization that distributes cocaine into the United States, being held responsible for producing and distributing 325 kilograms of the drug. German Dario Brand Piedrahita, 49, of Medellin, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine for the purpose of importation into the United States on Sept. 23, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Court documents indicate he was part of a group called Bacrim Los Urabeños, a transnational narco-trafficking organization. It has ties to FARC, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

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A Colombian man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for his role in an organization that distributes cocaine into the United States, being held responsible for producing and distributing 325 kilograms of the drug.
German Dario Brand Piedrahita,...

A Colombian military transport plane crashed in the country's north on Friday, killing all 11 personnel aboard. The twin-engine CASA-235 reported a motor problem before it disappeared and its wreckage was found on a ranch in the province of Cesar, the air...

The last contact Margarita Restrepo had with her daughter was a hurried phone call on Oct. 25, 2002. The school day was over and 17-year-old Carol Vanesa was going to meet friends at a metro stop near the sprawling Comuna 13 hillside slum. Restrepo and...

MIAMI A man will be sentenced in October in Miami federal court after pleading guilty two weeks ago to heroin trafficking in a case that may be linked to a major new U.S.-Colombia initiative to dismantle criminal bands in the South American country....

BOGOTA, Colombia Colombia's largest guerrilla group began a unilateral cease-fire Monday that if it holds could signal a major turning point in the nation's almost three-year peace talks with the group. In a communique ordering their troops...

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A former Colombian president stripped of his U.S. visa for taking money from the nation's biggest drug cartel is back on American soil for the first time in two decades. Ernesto Samper published Friday on Twitter a photo of himself in New York shaking...

QUITO, Ecuador Colombia's largest guerrilla group on Wednesday called for a monthlong unilateral cease-fire after weeks of increased violence have exacerbated fears that the country's two-year peace process might be breaking down. In a statement...

Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America: ___ 8:40 p.m. Pope Francis has made a surprise appearance outside the Vatican ambassador's residence in Quito, Ecuador, to greet dozens of Catholic faithful who gathered outside...

Dr. Gustavo Quintana walks out of a modest, two-floor apartment building in southern Bogota. Inside his black doctor's bag are vials containing anesthesia and muscle relaxants, a syringe and a rubber tourniquet. The man known in Colombia as Dr. Death...

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An avalanche of mud and debris roared through an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn Monday, killing at least 58 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains.
Residents were stirred from bed in the dead of the night by a loud...

An avalanche of mud and debris roared over an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn Monday, killing at least 52 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains.
Residents were stirred from bed in the dead of the night by a loud rumble...

Bill Clinton was planning a charity trip to Latin America and needed a big plane.
For Frank Giustra, who had never met the former president, this was an opportunity. The Canadian mining magnate and onetime Hollywood studio owner stepped up to let the...

Cuban officials and ordinary citizens alike hailed the island's removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying the move by President Barack Obama heals a decades-old insult to national pride and clears the way to swiftly restore...

Miss Colombia Paulina Vega, a relative pageant newcomer, has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries at Sunday's pageant in Miami.
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A Florida judge on Thursday wrapped up a three-day hearing to re-examine the 27-year-old conviction of a British man serving a life sentence for an execution-style double murder in Miami that his lawyers say he did not commit.Attorneys for Krishna...

Maria Sharapova won her third straight Porsche Grand Prix tennis title on Sunday in Stuttgart, Germany, by coming from behind to defeat Ana Ivanovic, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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